Murray
Mon Oct 04 06:21:18 CDT 2004
All files are fetched from the server in the order in which they are
encountered as the client browser parses the page from <html> to </html>.
Just because file A is fetched before file B is no guarantee that it will
also appear on the page before file B. The order of appearance of images on
the page is dependent on a) image size, b) network congestion/lost packets,
and c) the order in which the image is mentioned in the code.
I would not consider using a low-res image for the animation. In the case
that you describe, I would load a BLANK image for the animation, and then
swap that blank with the animated graphic with an onLoad image swap for the
body tag.
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Murray
"Chris27" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32f301c4a9ed$d7a6e980$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks Murray,
>
> Do you know the order graphics are loaded after the low-
> res is loaded first?
>
> If I have 6 graphics on a page, the 3rd is animated, I'm
> considering loading a non-animated version as low-res.
>
> What I'm trying to achieve is that all 6 images load
> before the animated version is loaded. I don't want
> graphic 3 to load its non animated version, then its
> animated version, while graphics 4, 5 and 6 are still
> empty?
>
> regards
> Chris27
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>On those browsers/platforms that support it, it's the
> first image to be
>>fetched, but in my opinion you get so much more bang for
> your buck by just
>>optimizing your page/images well and thoroughly, that
> it's not worth the
>>partial support hassle to use.
>>
>>--
>>Murray
>>
>>"Chris27" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:397201c4a961$e9699870$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I have some animated graphics that will be relatively
>>> slow to download. I understand under picture
> properties,
>>> you can specify a low res graphic which loads first.
>>>
>>> When does it then load the normal graphic, will it load
>>> the whole page including the low res graphic, then go
>>> back and do the larger graphic?
>>>
>>> or will it end up doing more work (low res graphc, then
>>> normal graphic) before moving on to other things on the
>>> page? - if this is the case it will not be a good
>>> experience for my users!
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>>
>>.
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